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Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-16

BRIGADIER GENERAL ORLANDO K. VIII.
cox, commanding the department of the
Missouri, has been placed on the retired
list. This will leave vacancy for col
onel of the line of the army. and for some
time past conjecture has been active III
army circles as to who will probably Sc
cure the promotion. The general opin-
ion appears to be that Colonel Wesly
Merritt, Fifth cavalry, superintendent Of
the west point Military Academy, is the
officer most likely to be advanced. He is
regarded as one of the ablest officers in
the army, and has the rare record of hav-
ing been brevetted for gallant and meri-
torious service in seven battles. Colonel
Merritt stands third on the initial list of
cavalry officers and eleventh on the list
In relative rank. There is also good
deal of interest in the question of who
will succeed to the command of the de-
partment, of the Missouri, which is con
sdered the most desirable of the depart
ments. General Crook is reported from
Washington to desire 1t, and being now
the senior officer of his grade thinks he
ought to haye it. General Miles is tired
of Arizona and is said to regard his claim
to the Missouri department as being as
good as that of any other. General Glib
bon Is also understood to be not adverse
to taking the vacated command, and he
has the advantage of being favorite
with the president.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-16

humbled to the dust. But although so
bereaved and saddened, her life is not so
gloomy as might be supposed, AT Naples
she received much company and her gen
eral mood was cheerful.
~.
The hop. growers Of England are in q
woeful state. A large and influential
deputation of them waited upon the
prime minister recently, and unfolded
tale that must have moved his lordship
profoundly. They represented that their
industry was fast going to ruin. Already
from iive to ten thousand acres Of hop
fields had been grubbed up, and many
thousands more were threatened. This,
they argned, was especially bad because
of all branches of agricultural industry
there was none that the laboring classes
could so i'll afford TO lose. On every acre
of hops there is a yearly expenditure OF
about $50 for manual labor, and
while hundred acres of plow land
may employ about four men, tho
same area in hops will give occupation
to some fifty laborers, with women and
children. The hop growers told Lord
SALISBURY tney were cOnVlnccu that the
cause of all their woes was the admission
Of foreign-grown hops to the English
market free of tariff tax. They told hin,
that America put high duty on English
hops, but American hops had free ad-
mission to English markets, where they
undersold those of home growth There
fore they asked that tariff tax be laid on
imported hops, so that English brewers
might be compelled to buy home. grown
at a greatly increased price. This, they
contended, would not cause an advance
in the price Of beer, but merely q diver
sion of some of the brewers profits for
the purpose Of maintaining a valuable
industry.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-16

jim LAIRD's home organ kindly goes
out of its way to inform us that the BEE
has showed" an "ungracious spirit" IN
attacking the country press. With the
same propriety 1t might be said that the
BEE has Showed" an "ungracious
spirit" in attacking the late legislature.
The country press, as whole, like the
legislature that closed Its session two
weeks ago, Is made up of variety of
members-good, bad and Indifferent.
The good have no reason to complain of
our structures, since they cannot apply to
them. The boodlers and monopoly
henchmen may put the shoe on if it fits
them.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-16
The Interstate Law.


Ex-senator Miller, of New York, thinks
that the railroads will derive all the benefit
from the interstate commerce law, and that
the people will be worse off than they were
before it was enacted. This depends upon
whether or not the commission shall permit
the railroads to make the law burdensome Ii
the commission will enforce the law strictly
and compel tho railroads to make their rates
''just and reasonable" as the law empowers
it to do. we have no doubt that good will re-
suit to both the railroads and the people. We
hope that Judge Cooley and his conferees
will teach the railroads that it is gratuitOus
impudence on their part to presume to tritle
with the law-making powers of the United
States. Any railroad manager who attempts
to so construe the law as to make 1t onerous
and obnoxious should be punished for con.
tempt.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-16
STATE AND TERRITORY.
Nebraska JOttings

Nebraska JOttings.
The Crete creamery has begun churn.
ing.
Plattsmouth has invested in a city en-
gineer.
The Methodists of Crete have decided
to put u p a $4,000 church.
Missouri Pacific surveyors are camping
on the Blue river, heading tor Crete.
Miss r. Franks, OF Omaha, has been
appointed teacher OF music in the Fre-
mont normal school.
Guino Bohannan, the noted spelling
professor, is II valued contributor to the
Nebraska City Press.
Beatrice proposes to raise tho roof OF
her jail so that athletic crooks cannot
kick hole through II.
North Bend speculatOrs are going down
into the bowels OF the earth 1000 feet IN
search Of gas or treasure.
The voters of Red Cloud having do
clared for waterworks, trouble now
begins with regard to plans and prices.
Crete has sent out committed, to
tender the freedom Of the city and q
sugar plum to the Omaha. Lincoln, Hart
land q FL Paso railroad. The road begins
and ends nowhere.
Mr.. Bentley, member of the Legislature
from Saunders county. took dose OF car
bolic acid the other day, thinking 1t WAS
Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-16
SPORTING NEWS.
The Defeat or the Omaha Team
Newsy Notes.

Newsy Notes.
The defeat of the Omaha ball club
Thursday by the DesMoincs team was not
unexpected. 1t was generally felt how.
ever even by those who do not rate the
home team as highly rs others, that tho
nine would make an excellent showing
against the men it had beaten on Sun
day last. The disastrous defeat 1t
is thought, is to be ascribed
to the fact that the management is as yet
experimenting with some OF the players
in some of the positions. Manager
Bandlc said before leaving that his first
battery would be Houscman and Harter.
He wanted to see what the former could
DO in the box. rs up to that time ho had
not distinguished himself. The bat
terry in yesterdays game in Des Moines
was to be Healey and Krchmeyer, and
the series was to close with the battery
first mentioned. Whether the result OF
Thursdays game will change the inten-
ton Of the manager in this respect, has
likely that it has, because the informa-
ton received is to the effect that House
man was batted all over the field. Mana.
ger Bandlc said he had to make
these experiments even ii the club
lost all the games with the Des Moines
men. Those games, however, did not
count, he said, in the championship rec
ord.
The uniforms for the c. f. Maync base
ball club have arrived. They are of dark
green cloth with red trimmings, the
stockings and caps being Of the latter
material.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-16
STEAMBOAT IN CENTRAL CHINA,
English Merchants About to Put 4
Steamboat on che Upper
YanRtse.KianR.

Fourteen hundred miles up the
Yangtsc- -Kiang river, in the heart of
China, is the great city OF Chung King.
the chief town of the fertile province of
Sechuen. 1t il a sort OF Chinese Man
chester, where great variety of native
wares are manufactured and distributed
far and wide to the value of many mil.
lions of dollars annually. A lot OF mcr.
chants III England have within the past
few weeks been putting their loose
change together, aud the pile has finally
amounted to $4,000. With this money
thcy intend to build little flat bottonicd
steamboat to ply on the Upper Yangtsc-
Kiang to Chung King. MIR. Archibald
Little, merchant who has long lived in
China, has convinced them that they can
greatly increase British trade by putting
steamer on the Upper fangtse. Messrs.
Babcr and Hoslc had told them so before,
but they did not act until now.
1t is curious fact that many of the
Chinese regions are less tolerant of for
cigners and have fewer commerclal deal
ings with the outside world than the in
land people who live along the banks Of
the Yangtse. Mr.. Thomas Stevens was
mobbed and his life was constantly
menaced while he was recently travelling
along the coast from CantOntO Shanghai.
A Journey among the Yangtse would
doubtless have been easier and less OK
citing. Steamboats, run far up the river,
though the navigation is none OF the best,
and three of the treaty ports are on the
river. the furthest inland being Ichang,
about l., 100 miles up TIE iang'sc The
little English steamer is intended TO ply
between Ichang and Chung. King.
II foreign merchants had not been
frightened by the lchang rapids q steam
boat would doubtless have been launched
on tho upper Yangtsc before this. II took
a long time, however, to convince the
British traders that stout at-boit0med
steamboats, could make regular trips to
Chung. King in spite OF the rapids.
through which many iunks work their
way every year, carrying annually TO
Chung King rs, 500. 600 of British goods.
A rather strange clause in the treaty
establishing the treaty ports provided
that Chung. King should not be opened to
foreign traders until steamer hal as
cended TO that city. The necessary con.
dition Is now likely to be fulfilled, and
Secheuen with its S0,C0O.OOO people
brought gradually into direct commercial
relations with the western wcrld.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-16
PROMINENT PERSONS.

Paul du Chaillu, who wrote "The Land Of
the Midnight Sum-" is abont to publish a
work on early Scandinavian history.
Miss Mary Booth, editor Of Harper's Bazaar,
has gone to Europe, where she will spend
five months in travel. This is her first real
vacation since she took charge OF the Bazaar,
twenty years ago.
MIR. Daniel O'Day, president of the Buffalo
Natural Gas company, was an Erie railroad
workman at Sl.50' day when the oil fever
broke out. He went in for oil, struck 1t. and
is now worth several millions.
William Ward, who has just died in Seda-
liza, Mo-, aged ninety-four, was the first man
to build paper mill ives. of the Mississippi
river. His father lived to be a centenarian,
and his grandmother died at ITO.
James ii. Mari, eighty-one years old, and
Judge Lawrence, eighty-fOur, are the
patriarchs Of the postal department at Wash
ington. They were both appointed in 1881
by President Andrew jackson.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-16
A Flight Of Mo,ncntary Confidence


Twenty-Five gentlemen were gathered
around Il convivial board on January 9th
to do honor to the famous Irish painter,
Mulvaney, Toasts were proposed and
drank, speeches were made in honor of
the guest of the evening and upon sub
jects as promiscuous as was the COM
pany. Among other toasts was that,
"To our next postmaster" responded to
by Mr.C.V. Gallagher. That gentleman, ,as
we learned the very next day, treated
the toast from serious standpoint, and
expressed himself most decidedly dis
gusted with Grover Cleveland and his
way of doing out federal patronage.
Three months have passed away. and
Mr.. Gallagher has been named
postmaster. Another banquet, this
time in honor of the re-
firing and incoming postmasters is
given. Tho convivial gathering is con.
fined to dozen persons, the only differ
ence between this and the Mulvaney ban
quet being that the toasts proposed and
speeches made are published the next
morning.
This time, ~ three months ago. Mr..
Gallagher was called on to respond to
the same toast, "Our Next Postmaster"
but tho sentiments expressed Wednesday
night were in striking c0nstrast with
those uttered at the Mulvaney banqu OF.
Because tho BEE has seen tit to COM
ment on the change of heart which Mr..
Gallagher has experienced since the
long-sought appointment has been made,
howl Of Indignation goes up FROM the
keepers of Mr.. Con Gallaghcr's conscience
who edit mutual admiration sheets of op.
posing parties in Omaha. One of these
editors tells US that Mr.. Gallagher 8
''oilansive partisan" speech at the Null
| vaney banquet was flight of momen-
tary confidence, which never should have
been diyulged. In the same breath we
are assured that twenty.four gentlemen
out Of the twenty-five persons pr eseni
will join hands in denying that Gala
| CHER ever uttered the sentiments imputed
| to him.
1t may be regarded as the essence OF a
| polite society gentleman never to dis
close what is said ut Il banquet, and if per.
chance u disclosure il made, to deny
the truth for the sake of protecting an
indiscreet person who expressed his feel
ings sunder champagne inspiration. Those
twenty four gentlemen may join in such
Il denial, but it will not in the least affect
the truth, which, as the common saying
goes, is often told by children and intox.
icated people.
Our informant may not bo very polite
or secrotive. Being republican he was
naturally impressed with Mr.. Gallagher
remarks as showing tendency among
certain disaffected democrats to back car
their administration. A memorandum
of this little speech. for future reference,
was made by the editor of the BEE as re
ported to him on the day after the ban
quot. Thls has been his habit of doing
with political records and utterances O.
public men and politicians.
We decline to discuss the ethics Of
banQuets, private or public. When
public man makes speech before /,
gathering of citizens he naturally must
expect that sooner or later bis utteranoes
Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-16
COULDN'T READ 1T.
A Grand Army Post Chaplain Has
Trouble With the Ritual.

Oil City Derrick: Lawyer l.. w. Will
COX, the grizzled veteran of TItusville,
who was injured by stepping from u
moving train ut Cory the other day, is
the leading character IN this sero-comic
incident, which has never before been
printed. Ministers were a trille scarce in
a Grand Army of the Republic post up
the creek, of which Wilcox was mem
Der, and he was elected chaplain. His
chief duty was TO open the meetings with
prayer, and never having set himself
up Us II praying man the
prayer was printed on a card so
he could get through with it with less
mental effort. Wilcox carried the card
around in his pocket with his tobacco
and things, and when he came to use it
for the first time the printing was consid.
crably obscured. After the meeting had
been called to order Captain Wilcox
stepped to the front, took out his card
and began to scrutinize it closely. He re.
garded it carefully for moment and
then began 10 read, deciphering the
printing with much difficulty. 20 Lord" /"
he began. SO as to get the best possible
light on it, 30 Lord, we''-(then stopping
to spell out dim word)-wc thank Thee
for Thy"--(another hait)-"fOr Thy
dammit boys, can't read it,"
Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-16
| be quoted il they are at variance

will be quoted il they are at variance
with his avowed personal or political
views. Mr.. Gallagher has notoriously
the reputation of talking one way In one
crowd and the opposite In another. He has
been a Boyd.and Miller with Mil.
ler and Boyd; he has been a Brown-and'
Morton-man with Morton and Brown.
He was very intense Van Wyck
man, with the ex-senator and
his friends, and at the same
time he was IN collusion with the rail.
road factions of both parties to defeat
Van Wyck. His remarks about Grover
Cleveland ninety days ago were doubt.
less uttered in flight of momentary
confidence, but they expressed tho
thoughts and feelings of the man ut that
time. MIR. Gallagher in this instance,
was like the Reverend Burchard IN his
memorable Delmonico after-dinner
speech on Rum, Romanism and Rebel.
lion" He opened his mouth and put
his foot in il.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-16
The Old School House.
remember, I remember,


That old school house on the hill,
Where in al zebra and classics
We received our daily drill.
remember all those poplars,
Growing gaunt and straight and tall,
Where we often used to lOiter
Till we heard the last bell call.
All. that spot was always sacred,
With the churchyard in the rear,
Where the sexton, brave, yet silent,
Gathered In those near and dear.
Master b., so calm and gentle,
Daily by the blackboard stood,
Now eraSing, now explaining,
Till each pupil understood.
And his smile OF appreciation
That each pupil strOve to win,
More, yes more. than compensated
For the mental toll within.
Years have passed, vet memory fingers
Round that dear and sacred spot,
Like some sweet, yet fading vision,
That once was, but now Is not
Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-16

ACCORDING to our dispatches. Mr.. Sam
Jones, Of the Union Pacific, will no; be
chosen as secretary Of tho interstate
commerce commission. The commission
wants q man for that position "who
knows all about railroads, is q lawyer
and judge, a statesman and scholar,
and has first class ability. AS Mr.. Sam
Jones is lacking IN at least six of the
qualifications, he will fail to receive the
title of secretary or draw the salary.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-16

"CHARLIE" MITCHELL, who is thirstng
for an encounter with John l.. Sullivan,
has arrived in New York from Liverpool.
This will cause MIR. Sullivan to tempo.
rarily suspend work on his now book.
The book, however, will not suffer as
much as MIR, Mitchell,
Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-16

So many propositions are to be voted
upon at the coming city election, that
eachIyoter will have to deposit bunch of
tickets at the polls. The danger is that
the average voter will be too confused to
know what ticket to stick into his bunch.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-16

Our sidewalks and cross.walks should
be attended to by the board of public
works and street commissioner. On
many OF our principal thoroughfares the
walks are in adilapidated and dangerous
condition, laying the city and property
owners liable to damages. Telegraph
and telephone poles and hydrants are
allowed to stand in the center of side.
walks and seriously imperil the life and
limb of pedestrians during dark nights
Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-16
Mrs. kellcy's Dcnth.

Black Grape hung yesterdy on tho doors
of the establishment of Kelley, Stiger &
Co., which had been closed on account
of the death of Mrs. George w. Kelley,
wife of the senior partner of the firm.
Mrs. Kelley had been in Indianapolis for
some time past visiting her parents, aud
was in that city when her death occurred.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-16
TuE Pennsylvania legislature ha

The Pennsylvania legislature has
passed the joint resolution proposing a
woman suffrage constitutional amend
ment by vote Of 81 to l6. Senator
Harlan, the long haired champion of the
cause, was the recipient of bouquets and
loving looks and smiles from tie short.
haired women who packed the galleries.
Kansas experience will doubtless be q
warning TO the intelligent voters Of the
Key Stone state.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-16
County School NJ alters.

County Superintendent Rruner Is daily
in receipt of the school census of each
school district in the county. A number
show an increase. Omaha gains 3,05s,
Saratoga 81, Valley 80 and Walnut Hill
81. The greatest increase, however, is
at the stock yards, the returns for which
have not yet been made.
The superintendent has been petit
toned by residents of school districts
12, and fractional district to dctach from,
the former and attach to the latter, the
west section 8, Ia, 10, and the southwest
I section A, II, II. The cause of the
change is the weakness of the fractional
district, both the divisions lying in the
southwestern section of the county. The
petitions from each district are unani-
nous, and the superintendent proposes
to grant the request,
Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-16

FERDINAND WARD is the star singer in
the Protestant choir in the Sing Sing
peniten.iary. Mr.. Wards motto has
always been, that which is worth dong
is worth doing we'll"
Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-16

Our legislative Blue Book has been
pronounced as bad English by one of the
classic writer's whose repressed sympa.
thios are with the boodlers and railrogucs.
The Blue Book may be imperfect as a
literary composition but it is good enough
English to pass muster with the taxpay-
ers and people who work for an honest
living
Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-16

The Kissane case IS attracting atten-
ton throughout the entire country. The
Rev. Joseph Mulhatton, in his palnliest
days, never dresmed of such a creation
Us the facts connected with the million
aire's misfOrtunes,
Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-16

JOHN NJ. TnuKsToN assures the eminent
banqueters over his own signature that he
loves the new postmaster like long lost
brother who just turned up in time to
partake of the Thanksgiving turkey. Mr..
Thurslon is one Of the largest sunflowers
we have in Nebraska politics. Even y
democratic postmaster is lodestone
whose magnetism he cannot Mitsthand.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-16
Abyssinia's Great Warrior.

Pail Mall Gazette: Tho great Abyssin.
ian chief Ras Alula il at present a person
of much interest to the Italians. He is
the son of Abyssnian peasants. lie was
born about forty-iivc years ago in the
village of Pamaka, near Mckalle, and
served for many years as groom under
the uncle Of the Negus Ras Area. Later
he became master of the wardrobe at
court, and married the daughter of Ras
Aas Area, who died not long after the
marriage. lie then rose to the rank OF
chamberlain, and was finally made gov
ernor of Tigrc, with the title OF Ras.
Ras Alula Is of middle height, has a
chocolate colored skin and thin face,
but is otherwise rather stout. He never
but naughty to interiors. His orders are
only given once. Ii they arc not exc
cutcd. he horsewhips his servants. AS
rule he wears a white cotton shirt and
trousers. A red fcz covers his close-cut
hair. On special occasions he wears
red silk shirt. the robe Of the governor;
He is an excellent horsaman, and It will
be difficult to find an Abyssinian who
bears the hardships Of travelling better
than he. lie accompanies the Negus
barefooted on all his tours, and
never shows 4 sign OF fatigue. Having
had no education, he can neither write
nor read, but is very intelligent anu cum
ming, but pious and superstitious withal.
His ayerice is extreme: ne takes every
where, and gives nowhere. Wherever
he goes ne takes everything he can lay
hold of. On his marches he is accom-
panied by his servants who carry bis
wine, made of honey,
The king has promised him the crown
of Kassaia, il he can earn It. Eight gen
erals fight under him. His daughter is
good and beautiful woman, who las pro-
tectcd Count Salembeni and his coupan.
ion, and it is due 10 her influence that
thoy have not been killed.
10 keep flies, gnats, mosquitoes from
nnnnvinn YOUR nnImala thicknn DIR. j. II.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-16
A NightIngale.

The leaders of the Gospel Army, which
is now holding nightly meetings in the
Buckingham, say that their forces are to
be strengthened in attractiveness by
new vocalist named Miss Brown, also
styled the nightingale, who is expected to
arrive from Chicago this evening.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-16

THE steamer Nebraska. with Colonel
Cody and his wild, wild west. has arrived
at London. The deluded natives of that
country will now crane their necks to
SEQ tho "momber of the United States
parliament" as he has been called by
the London papers,
Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-16

CoPIoUs rains have at last fallen along
the Texas Pacific railroad for a distance
of three hundred miles, There is great
rejoicing in the parchcd and burnt dis
tricts, as well there should be.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-16

THE quarrel over the Twenty-second
street grade may yet terminate by calling
out the militia. The combatants should
bear in mind that under the law passed
this winter the governor has the authority
to organize and equip second regiment.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-16

THE Wisconsin legislature has passed
an alien land bill fixing the maximum
acreage which may be owned by a man
who is not a citizen at 800. 1t will doubt
less receive tho governors signature.
Illinois has passed similar law. II
other states will follow In this important
matter foreign land spcoulators will be
entirely prohibited, as they should be.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-04-16

THERE will be poor picking in the
United States marshal's Office about the
time Mr.. Bierbower gets ready to retire.
The law passed by the last congress ex-
cludlng all cases from United States
courts involving less than $4,000 is doing
its deadly work.